[8:26 AM] Kassandra Sass
Head of Brand and Sponsorship, Engen
Bulela Mkandawire is a seasoned marketing strategist with over 21 years’ experience in integrated marketing communication having amassed experience in the retail, telecommunication and petro-chemical industries. She is passionate about aligning and quantifying brand marketing value to business value. Bulela is intent on consistently earning the social licence to trade through purpose-driven marketing that makes a tangible difference in people’s lives. Bulela holds a bachelor of social science degree in political science and industrial sociology from the University of Cape Town, has a post-graduate qualification in integrated marketing communication from the AAA school of Advertising and has also completed a number of leadership courses incluing coaching through the UCT GSB’s centre for coaching.
Executive for Client Engagement: Private Clients and Small Business Services, Nedbank
Alan is educated in business and financial management, as well as general Banking. His most recent educational intervention involved spending a month at Insead Business School in France and Singapore further enhancing his strategy and leadership skills. He has 25 years of experience in the banking industry, mostly at Citibank (where he headed their sales efforts in the mid-sized corporate market) and at Nedbank, were he currently leads the client engagement, sales and channel management efforts on behalf of the bank as they relate to their small business, professional, medical and non-resident banking segments.
CEO, Raizcorp
Allon Raiz is regarded both locally and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business-incubation industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp which, according to The Economist, is the only genuine incubator in Africa and which currently supports over 500 businesses. His passion for and focus on the development of entrepreneurs attracted the attention of the World Economic Forum (WEF) which, in 2008, recognised Allon as a Young Global Leader. In 2011, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship, making him one of 15 recognised global experts in the field. More recently, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council.